{"id":4069,"date":"2008-12-02T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T02:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2008-12-02T21:46:39","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T02:46:39","slug":"2008-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/02\/2008-contenders\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I fear I may have to play by the &#8220;best of&#8221; rules that everyone else plays by this year. As I have had to rip and encode all of my albums this year, I can&#8217;t tell which older releases I bought this year. So here are the 2008 releases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Sound Legacy: 60 Years of Folkways Records and 20 Years of Smithsonian Folkways<\/li>\n<li>Accelerate \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>R.E.M.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>April \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Sun Kil Moon<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Bad Case of History \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cheap \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Seasick Steve<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Como Now: The Voices of Panola Co., Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Conor Oberst \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Conor Oberst<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Devotion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Beach House<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Earth Sciences \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Laura Barrett<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Electronic Projects for Musicians \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>The Apples in Stereo<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Everytime! \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Sheesham and Lotus<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Funplex \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>The B-52&#8217;s<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Holler and Stomp \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Dressy Bessy<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In a Cave \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Elf Power<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Live at the Moonshine Caf\u00c3\u00a9 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <em>Steve Payne with Al Lerman<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Live! 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As I have had to rip and encode all of my albums this year, I can&#8217;t tell which older releases I bought this year. 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